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I have no interest in eliminating the tension between justice and forgiveness by taking justice off the table. Given the subtleties of sin and the persistence of evil, we would soon be living in moral anarchy and political chaos if there were no provision for justice.
I have no interest in eliminating the tension between justice and forgiveness by taking justice off the table. Given the subtleties of sin and the persistence of evil, we would soon be living in moral anarchy and political chaos if there were no provision for justice.
Approximate author period: c. 1975 AD · modern
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- Eugene H. Peterson
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- Approximate author period: c. 1975 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Eugene H. Peterson: life dates 1932 to 2018. Wikidata Q5407336, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5407336 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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